IDNO

N.130734.WIL

Description

Group portrait of six school children in uniform, including from left to right and standing in the back row, Princess Pema Tsedeun (also known as Coocoola), six-year old Prince Jigdal Tsewang Namgyal (also known as Georgela), and eleven-year old Ashi Tashi Dorji.
Seated from left to right are Princess Sonam Padeun (also known as Jeanla) aged seven-years old, six-year old Ashi Kesang Choeden Dorji, and nine-year old Princess Pema Choki (also known as Kula).
Coocoola, Georgela, Jeanla, and Kula are all children of Sikkim Chogyal Tashi Namgyal." [Knowledge shared by Royal Grandmother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choeden, and her sister Ashi Tashi through the identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 25/10/2022]

Place

S Asia; India; West Bengal; Kalimpang [Kalimpong]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Princess Pema Tsedeun (also known as Coocoola); Prince Jigdal Tsewang Namgyal (also known as Georgela); Ashi Tashi Dorji; Princess Sonam Padeun (also known as Jeanla); Ashi Kesang Choeden Dorji; Princess Pema Choki (also known as Kula); Sikkim Chogyal Tashi Namgyal

Photographer

Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

?19 November 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.130703.WIL - N.130740.WIL were found on Margaret Williamson's film, ref MW.46, in a Spencer & Co. box now numbered C902/7.

Named Person: From left to right, "Standing: Princess Pema Tsedeun (also known as Coocoola b.1924), Prince Jigdal Tsewang Namgyal (also known as Georgela b.1928), Ashi Tashi Dorji (b.1923).
Seated from left to right: Princess Sonam Padeun (also known as Jeanla b.1927), Ashi Kesang Choeden Dorji (b.1930), Princess Pema Choki (also known as Kula b.1925). (Coocoola, Georgela, Jeanla, and Kula are all children of Sikkim Chogyal Tashi Namgyal." [Knowledge shared by Royal Grandmother of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang Choeden, and her sister Ashi Tashi, who just turned 100. Both sisters are in many of these photographs, and were delighted to see them. Identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]

Place: most probably Kalimpong. [Identification project by Anna Balikci, Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, JD 24/10/2022]